Builder: BR Swindon Works
Layout: Cross Country
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: BR Standard
Engines: AEC 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30516
Diagram: 637
Apr-61 | New to | 84E (Tyseley) | |
by end of 1962 | Transferred to | 83D (Laira) | |
Sep-63 | Depot code change | 84A | |
May-73 | Depot code change | LA | |
30/06/74 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
3w/e 07/05/77 | Transferred to | BR (Bristol Bath Road) | |
w/e 21/05/77 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) | |
2w/e 29/12/79 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
Mar-80 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) | |
w/e 03/05/80 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
04/01/82 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
20/04/86 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
28/09/86 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
24/05/88 | Withdrawn from | HA (Haymarket) |
19th June 1986 - Seen with oval buffers at cab end only
Feb-73 - Dual AWS fitted
p/e 08/10/77 - WR AWS removed
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
51578 | 59580 | 51587 | Noted circa Sep-67 - in blue /grey | ||||||
51578 | 59580 | 51587 | Noted circa Dec-67 - in blue grey with full yellow ends | ||||||
LA501 | 51578 | 59580 | 51587 | Noted March 1971 | |||||
LA501 | 51578 | 59580 | 51587 | Listed at Laira - circa May-71 | |||||
P557 | 51578 | 59580 | 51587 | Noted 04/07/1973 - at Exeter1 | |||||
P557 | 51578 | 59580 | 51587 | Noted 07/09/73 - at Par2 | |||||
P558 | 51578 | 59580 | 51587 | Noted 16/07/74 - on 1620 Cardiff-Weymouth with B579 51065 + 59424 + 51093 and C552 51573 + 59285 + 51582 | |||||
P557 | 51578 | 59580 | 51587 | Noted 20/11/74 - on 2C38 1621 Weston SM-Cardiff | |||||
C557 | 51578 | 59580 | 51587 | Noted 04/03/75 - on 2C09 1430 Swansea-Newport with C560 | |||||
51578 | 59580 | 51587 | Noted 26/08/75 - On Cardiff Canton depot2 | ||||||
C557 | 51578 | 59580 | 51587 | Noted 05/02/76 - on 2C08 0735 Chepstow-Cardiff | |||||
C557 | 51578 | 59580 | 51587 | Noted 17/02/76 - on 2C40 0710 Cardiff-Swansea | |||||
C557 | 51578 | 59580 | 51587 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | |||||
C557 | 51578 | 59580 | 51587 | Noted 10/11/76 - on 2C38 1630 Weston Super Mare-Cardiff | |||||
C557 | 51578 | 59580 | 51587 | Noted 20/02/77 - on 2B17 1405 Cardiff-Cheltenham | |||||
51578 | 59580 | 51587 | Transfer to BR - 3w/e 07/05/77 | ||||||
C557 | 51578 | 59580 | 51587 | Noted 09/05/77 - on 2C30 1305 Bristol TM-Cardiff with B802 | |||||
51578 | 59580 | 51587 | Transfer to LA - w/e 21/05/77 | ||||||
P557 | 51578 | 59580 | 51587 | Listed at LA - 31st December 1977 | |||||
51578 | 59580 | 51587 | Noted 17th May 1979 | ||||||
557 | 51578 | 59580 | 51587 | Transfer to CF - 2w/e 29/12/79 | |||||
557 | 51578 | 59580 | 51587 | Transfer to LA - Mar-80 | |||||
P557 | 51578 | 59580 | 51587 | Listed at LA - 03/03/80 | |||||
557 | 51578 | 59580 | 51587 | Transfer to CF - w/e 03/05/80 | |||||
C557 | 51578 | 59580 | 51587 | Noted 27/01/1981 - Worked 1748 Barry Island to Treherbert3 | |||||
51578 | 59580 | 51587 | Noted 30/08/1981 - Lea Valley Railway Club Churnet Charger Railtour 56359-51200 + 51197-56339 + 51578-59580-51587 | ||||||
NH464 | 51578 | 59580 | 51587 | Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Victoria4 | |||||
NH464 | 51578 | 59580 | 51587 | Noted circa 10/1982 - operating from Newton Heath, previously C557 set.4 | |||||
51578 | 59580 | 51587 | Noted 07/07/1984 - Brian Isherwood's Eastgate Explorer Railtour 53666-59286-53712 + 51587-59580-51578 | ||||||
51578 | 59580 | 51587 | Noted circa 06/19854 | ||||||
51578 | 59580 | 51587 | Listed at NH - circa Jan-86 | ||||||
51578 | 59580 | 51587 | Transfer to AY - Apr-86 | ||||||
530 | 51578 | 59580 | 51587 | New set number at AY - 2w/e 15/05/86 | |||||
530 | 51578 | 59580 | 51587 | Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986 | |||||
530 | 51578 | 59580 | 51587 | Noted 5th June 1986 | |||||
524 | 53738 | 59262 | 51587 | Formation change - circa Jun-86 - 51587 replaces 53647 | |||||
51578 | 59580 | 51587 | Noted 19th June 1986 | ||||||
101304 | 51224 | 59580 | 51587 | Noted 28th July 1986 | |||||
101304 | 51224 | 59580 | 51587 | Listed at Ayr - August 1986 | |||||
101323 | 51251 | 59580 | 51587 | Formation change - p/e 17/09/86 | |||||
51587 | Noted 11/10/1986 - at Falkland Yard4 | ||||||||
101303 | 53292 | 59553 | 51587 | Noted 17/05/19874 | |||||
101303 | 53292 | 59553 | 51587 | Formation change - Jul-87 | |||||
101303 | 53292 | 59553 | 51587 | Noted 25th August 1987 | |||||
101317 | 51243 | 59048 | 51587 | Listed at HA - Jan-88 |
Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Gerald Brown
3: Shayne Lewis
4: Eddie Knorn
Class 120 DMU set P557 (W51587 + W59580 + W51578) in the St Ives platform on St Erth on Sunday 17 June 1979. David Russon.
Class Swindon Cross-Country set P557 approaches St Dennis Junction on September 20, 1979. Steve Davies Collection.
Class 120 Cross-Country set M51587 + M59580 + M51578 at Ormskirk waiting to leave with the 18:32 to Preston, 3/9/84. Hamish Stevenson.
Swindon Class 120 3-car DMU 51587 + 59580 + 51578 stabled on Chester depot on 30-9-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
Oval buffered Swindon Cross-Country 51587 leads hybrid set 303 (presumably with 59553 + 53292) through Princes Street Gardens away from the Scottish capital. S Saunders.
A Class 120/101 hybrid set on Eastfield depot circa late Autumn 1987. The Class 120 DMSL is Haymarket 51587 which worked in a variety of Class 101 sets around this time. Brian Ward.
A peep inside a condemned Class 120 vehicle 51587 on 4th September 1988 at Snailwell. Nicholas Youngman.
Class 120 DMS 51587 in Snailwell on 4 September 1988. It still carries a M prefix despite having spent the previous two years on the Scottish Region. Nicholas Youngman.
I believe this pair to be 51578 and 51587 minus their regular centre trailer car. They are seen having just crossed the roadbridge over the former A30 between Roche and St. Columb Major and are working the 11.38 from Par to Newquay (NB this is a Sunday). Anthony Williams.
Class 120 DMU set P557 (W51578 + W59580 + W51587) in the St Ives platform on St Erth on Sunday 17 June 1979. David Russon.
Class 120 DMU set P557 (W51578 + W59580 + W51587) arriving into St Ives with a service from St Erth on Sunday 17 June 1979. David Russon.
A Swindon Cross-Country 3-Car Class 120 DMU formed of cars W51578, W59580 & W51587 was stood at Teignmouth with a Paignton to Exeter St Davids 'all stations' service on July 24th 1979. When this image was recorded the set was allocated to Plymouth Laira depot. The unit would move briefly to Cardiff Canton in 1980, but by 1982 was working in the North West working from Newton Heath. It remained there until 1986, when the set was transferred North of the Border to Ayr for its final stint of operation. The unit was scrapped in 1988. Martyn Hilbert.
At Ormskirk on 3/9/84 are M51578 + M59580 + M51587 waiting to leave Ormskirk with the 18:32 to Preston. Hamish Stevenson.
A grimy-looking three-car Swindon 'Cross-Country' DMU formed of cars M51578, M59580 & M51587, was stood on the Up Slow at Leyland station with a Blackpool North to Manchester Victoria service on December 28th 1985. Martyn Hilbert.
A Class 101 and 120 formation at Stirling in September 1986. The leading set is 101323, formed of only one 101 (51251) and two 120s (59580 and 51587). The rear unit is a three-car Class 101. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Set 101 303 has a 120 as the leading vehicle (furthest) - probably 51587 with 53292 + 59553 - when seen at Dunblane. Undated but the 120 vehicle would make it 1987. Andrew McConnell.
Class 101 centre car 59048 at Snailwell on 4 September 1988. It is beside Class 120 51587 which it once worked with at Haymarket. Nicholas Youngman.